The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-04-10
NOTES OF The DIAMOND.

Tierney is rapidly recovering.
The Union Hlll fremen have organized base
ball club.
The Pittsburg club claims that the salary list o.
its players will reach $4,000.
President Spaldiug, of the Chicagos IL said t.
be worth s. COO. Ten years ago he play ins
ball for living.
The Newark's new climbs first game WAS played
with the Boston Blues, recently l. victory FOR the
Jersey CityiteE of % to 3.
James Donnelly, the manager of last season 4
Bridgeport team, has been selected 10 manage the
New Haven team this year.
The new Jersey City baseball team played its
first game at Princeton last Monday, defeating the
college niue by score OF II TO Z.
1t is rumorea that there will be no Jersey Blue
this season. This would be unfortunate as they
have had hrst-class record for years past.
The Curve of the Third Degree" is the subjecr
of lecture to be given at Harvard next week.
The question is, Can the batsman hit it?-HTtford
Post.
The lefthanded twirlers will prove effective this
year on account of atsmen not being allowed to
call for high balls on them. They pitch to suit
themselves.
The second game of the new JERSEY City Club
was played with the Brooklyn vine last Thursd AZ
afternoon The Brooklin boys were the victors by
q score of to g.
The Syracuse Club of the international League
did some great Singing at Louisville last Tues
day. The Louisville crack club beat the n 10 to g.
two-Dase hit
Michael Kelly, or mike" Kelly as he is more
Familiarity known to levers OF baseball the country
over. who heads the list of League batsmen for
1886. made his Arst appearance ball play er
with the olympic Club, of Paterson, N. j.
Manager Hackett. of the Newarks thinks New
York, Detroit and Chicago will occupy the three
first places, although he does not pretend to place
them. He says Boston and Philadelphia will hight
for fourth placs, with the chances somewhat ia
favor of the latter.
The new grounds of the Brooklyn Club for San
day games is Wallaces Park, to the en- rance Of
Fulton Ferry, as also the Myrtle avenue cars. The
ground Is 7O0 feet in length by 400 in width. The
new grand stand will be $50 feet long As feet wide
and will seat 1000, and the -ree seats will be ar
ranged SO as to seat {, 900 more.
The Perth Amboy Base Ball Club. one of the
strongest and best equipped amateur clubs in Now
Jersey, will be under the management of Manager
Green tor the season of 1887. The club opens the
season with the Acmes, at Arctic Park, Brooklyn,
sunday, April 10, and would like to hear from all
hrst-class clubs in New Jersey New York city and
Brooklyn. Address all communications to the
Secretary. Peter J. Kane. Perth Amboy N. J.
In all probability the new Philadelphia grounds
will be opened on Saturday, April 80, on which
day the "Phillies" play their first home game with
the New Yorks. Il is the intention OF the manage
msnt of the club to open the new grounds with
big hurrah, and efforts will be made to have q
large number of distinguished persons present
Among th.se who are to be invited are Gov. Beaver
an HIS stall, bne FfeslueniS OF DOIn branches or
Council. Mayor Filter and other city and State
o1icials.
The opening game Of the JERSEY City Club will
be played against the Tale team Manager Powers
will place the following team in the field They
will present Hughes and Murphy as pitcher and
eateher; Heifer, McCabe and Muldoon on the bases;
Lang, short stop, and O'Brien. Sowdsrs and Fnel
in the outfeld; Jacobs, Shaw aud Huston are the
other pitchers, and Csrcoran the other catcher
Shaw the pitcher OF the Poaghkeepsie club Of
1885, which won the Hudson River championship.
Jacobs is the Scranton club pitcher OF 1886, AID
Huston comes from Trenton.